dict["jerry"] should output 20 as value.

var name = "jerry";
dict[name]  should output 20 as value

var totalAdditions = [];
totalAdditions.push({name:statsObj.author.login, value: additions});
//statsObj.author.login contains "jerry"

console.log(obj.login); //also contains value "jerry"
console.log(totalAdditions[obj.login]); //returns undefined??